Fluid-heating faucet



July 26, 1927. 1,637,205

K. TRAMP FLUID HEATING FAUCET Filed June 2, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Juy 26 1927.

A K. TRAMP FLUID HEATING FAUCET Filed Jun-e 2' 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES KARL TRAE?, OF' CHIAQ, ILLINOEEL FLUID-HEATING FAUGET.

Application tiled une 2,

lily invention relates to a new and useful fluid heating faucet, and the invention has for an object to provide a `taucet device with means thereon for heating iluid and for delivering it heated from the faucet device. Another objectvis to provide a aucet with heating mechanism having a channel With means for heating the liuid from the faucet as it goes through said channel.' .dnd another object is to provide a faucet combined with heating mechanism which in limes electric means with a switch for 'i'luid issuing from said iaucet, and to have said switch connected with the valve or" the faucet so as to operate said switch and the heating means thereby automatically and simultaneously with the turning of. said valve..

h@ther objects and advantageous ends are acconplished with my invention as will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: n

itli l. is a vertical central section taken longitudinally through one form of construction embodying my invention;

Figs 2, 3 and 5 are vertical cross sections taken on lines 2-2, 3-3 and 55 of Fig. l; and

ltig. e is a horizontal section taken on line of Fig. 1.

ln the drawings l have illustrated a certain iorm of construction embodying my invention, and have shotvn the same adapted for use on a kitchen sink or the like. This form comprises a faucet having its rear half or rear portion 8 made o standard construction, said portion being threaded on the Wall pipe 9 and located in the vertical sink plate or supporting member 10. The front part 11 of the faucet is threaded in the rear part 8, and is made of special construction, having supporting flanges 12 on its sides, an outlet spout 18 at the bottom, and valve `which includes a valve ball 14C, a stero and a handle 16 for operating and controlling the valve. i

l provide a heating mechanism and combine it with this special construction of the faucet, and this mechanism comprises a body 17 arranged to be mounted on the side flanges l2, preferably by means of bolts 18 extending through said flanges and into holes 1n the body fr. An opening 19 in said body receives spout 13, and a continuous chan- 1926. Serial No. 113,161.

nel extends from said spout andA opening to and fro through the body. This continnous channel 1s preferably formed by mak- 1n a plurality et bores longitudinally through the body and connecting them by grooves at the opposite ends. rthis may be done by making large outlet bore 20 at the lower part of the body and melting bores 2l to i0 inciusire in succession, as shown in the drawing, and then connecting these bores by grooves li to 59 inclusive., as shown, While pliable end members or gaskets 6l and 62 oi' rubber or the like are placed over the ends and grooves, and outer covering plates 63 and tiet ot metal or other rigid i0 material are placed over said gaskets, thus providing a continuous channel beginning at the top of said body with channel 21 and ending at the top of the body also `with channel ttl. Holes 65 and 66 are placed l5 near the top and the bottom oit gasket da), and a trough or channel o? is fono-ood on plate 64 connecting said holes 65 and ed, thus forming a downward passage which connects the main part of the continuous chan B@ nel with the outlet bore 20.

A special tubular discharge member 68 with a suitable discharge spout o8'" is mounted in bore 2i), and has side slots 69 and 69 for taking in tiuid from said bore 20 which has a greater cross section than said member 68. rlihis member has means at its ends, preferably a tiange or collar 270 at one end and threads with a closed nut "(1 at the other end, tor engaging plates l 63 and 64 and drawing and holdin the structure tightly together. Said tiiular member 68 thus serving as a discharge pipe or member and also as a fastening bolt for fastening the plates and gaskets on the e5 body. Bolts or screws 72 may also be used to additionally fasten said plates and gaskets on said body.

The means for heating the fluid prefer ably includes an electric coil 73 mounted in B045 the continuous channel, preferably beginning with bore QQ'and ending in bore 39, as best shown in Figs. Q and 3. Binding posts 74 and 75 extend from the Wire coils above said body gasket 76 which is mounted on the body. This coil is of a construction especially adapted for extending through Water and similar fluids and forl heating said'water or fluid 'to a very highil degree, and as it 110 and over an insulating extends nearly the entire length ci' the channel it exerts e very intense and elcient heat ing eiect on the Water in said channel as it passes there-through.

A suitable quick. acting switch is provided to operate electric heating coils, and this switch connected to binding posts 74 and 'Z5 hy conductors 278 and 79 Twhich lead from said posts to the switch Contact members 80 and 81, which are engageable respectively by arms or blades 82 and 83 of the movable member, said blades connecting contact members 80 and 81 with cooperating Contact members 84 and 85 con nected with the electric power line by the use of conductors 86 and 87, which ma ex 'tend through a suitable sleeve 88 an the sin plate itl, or may he arranged and hidden any suitable Means is provided 'for continuously and automatically op lng the switch with the turning and operati the valve, and this means prefere-,hln i cludes a har 89 of in sulating materia mounted on switch 7'? and heing movable through a guide strap 77 on the switch, he, neer one end a notch 9@ through 'whicli f nds the operating arm 9i ef the switch. lie ether end oi said is pirated to a li lr 92 which is 'pivoted memher e f3 mounted on and turne. vulve stem ft suitable husiounted on. the hody l? to cover the switch and the conductors as ne switch is provided small amount ci loose play in the notch 90, 'the entire construction is arranged so that the valve handle l@ the valve are turned a slight C ee, so that the Water iluid is turned on and commences to a moment before the switch is thrown on and he- 'ore the blade 82 engages conte't Sie., and blade 83 engages contact 8l, .s hefore the contact points 8l are connected with the conta coints Se and 85, thus assur ing the lien' Water heitere the electric current is turned on and hejore the heating' coils hec-ome ope itive; and it is further apparent that the channel and the heating means is arranged so that water stands coutiuuously over the coils and in the hotly oi the heating mechanism, thus'preventing any over-heating of the material of the body, which is preiferahly provided from a. refractory or earthen material `with the channels arranged non-porous; and the cntire construction is so arranged that the Water Will flow from the device as is heated, thus reventing any overheating ci the water or i uid or any production of steam or excessive or dangerous pressure. lt also apparent that hy turning; theA valve open to a small degree, the fluid wiil pass sloWlTT over the electric heating means, and will thereby be heated to a high degree, and hy turning the vvalve open to a farther extent, more of the fluid will pass over the heating coils, and will thus be heated to a. smaller degree; in other Words the heating effect of the coils and device upon the iiuid passing there-through, may he readily controlled by turning and regulating the valve by means of handle 16, thus having the water heated to a moderate degree or to a Very high degree, the Water is delivered from spout 68 on the tubular member 68; and 1t is evident that the valve and the switch are arranged and connected so that the heating means is operated and controlled automatically and simultaneously with the turning and operating of the valve..

lWhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A tluid heating faucet comprising faucet mechanism including a standard tubular rear portion having a valve hall therein, a iront portion detachahly mounted on said rear port-ion and having :duid outlet means and handle means :for sli l ig said hall longitudinally said tuhular ear portion, and heating mechanism mounted said front portion and havnechannel for conduch ing liuid from saidb outlet means to and fro through said heating mechanism.

2. A. fluid heatingr :faucet comnrising faucet mechanism including a standard tubular rear portion having a Valve hall slidahle longitudinally therein, a tubular front portion detechahly threaded on rear portion and having lower llanges outlet means also an upwardly extending; part provided with a stem and a handle thereon, means connecting said stem with said ball for sliding the saine hy turning said handle, and heating mechanism mounted on said icwer flanges and having a channelior conducting iluid therethrough from Said outlet means.

B, A fluid heating 4faucet comprising,r tubular means including a standard rear portion and a vfront portion detachahly mounted thereon and having an outlet spout, e. valve clement longitudinally movahly in d tubular faucet means, a handle on said trent portion for moving said valve element, and heating mechanism mounted on said dctachahle front portion and inwinfr a channel connected to said spout :for conc ucting and heating),u iiuid Flowing therefrom. I

li. A iiuid heating iaucet comprising` tubular faucet means having.; a staiulard valve hall and attached means movable longitudinally et said tubular means, an outlet spout adjacent the front oi.t the tuhillar means, a standard handle for moving said valve hall and attached means, and heating mechanism detachahly mounted beneath said tubular means and having a channel abuttingsaid spout for conducting and heating fluid {iowing;1 therefrom,

mamon 3 y 5. A fluid heating faucet comprising tubular faucet means havin an outlet spout at the front and a standar valve ball mounted for movement longitudinally of said tubular '5 means and for ready removal therefrom,

heating mechanism mounted on said tubular means and having a channel with electric heating means therein for conveying and heating fluid from said spout, a switch for the heating means, and a standard handle 10 with a stem and connecting means for oper` ating said switch andvalve to regulate the egee of heat by controlling the flow of In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. 

